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WP-34s data exchange with PC over IR - Marcel Samek - 02-26-2013
From a hardware standpoint, would it be feasible to exchange data between a PC and a WP-34S using the IR and something like this:
or this?
And, if it is feasible from a hardware standpoint, would it be feasible from a software standpoint?
It would be pretty cool to not have to deal with a cable.
Re: WP-34s data exchange with PC over IR - Walter B - 02-26-2013
What speaks against a cable for a mobile coin cell powered device? Instead of blowing electromagnetic radiation in a cone wasting some 99% of it, it's focussed electron to electron communication - far more effective IMHO. Employing Harald's USB board you can use really cool micro USB stuff ...
Seriously, we'd need a return channel for bidirectional IR communication which we don't have.
d:-)
Re: WP-34s data exchange with PC over IR - jerome ibanes - 02-26-2013
Quote:
From a hardware standpoint, would it be feasible to exchange data between a PC and a WP-34S using the IR and something like this:
IrDA adapter
Might as well print to a 82240B and OCR the result :)
Re: WP-34s data exchange with PC over IR - Marcel Samek - 02-26-2013
Ok. I admit it was a silly idea.
Maybe my quest to rid my desk of cables will be satisfied by building myself a Lego robot that'll just punch things into the calculator for me. With the right software, it could work on any calculator!
Something like this: Lego typing